Explain what is presently known about the relationship between age and crime rates. Be sure to discuss possible explanations for this relationship.
What will be an ideal response?
Most of those arrested are young. The peak arrest age for property crime is 16, while age 18 is the highest for violent crime. Overall, crime commission declines with age. Particularly glaring is the involvement of younger groups in serious property crimes. It is important to note that, while most persons arrested and convicted as adult criminals were first arrested as juveniles, most juvenile delinquents do not become adult criminals. Possible explanations for the redicution in crime include increased access to legitimate means of excitement, strengthening of social bonds, decreased access to illegitimate opportunities, and greater personal costs to committing crime.
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a. opportunist b. colonizer c. retreatist d. gangbanger
Explain the primary roles of defense attorneys in a criminal trial. What are the various types of defense attorneys as discussed in the textbook?
What will be an ideal response?
Crime, according to the interactionist view, states that the political power and position of the upper class is used at the expense of the poor
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Parole is often viewed as a:
a. privilege. b. right. c. duty. d. grace.